Dish-pan support.



G. WESSELL.

DISH PAN S UPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1915.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

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GEORGE WESSELL, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

DISH-PAN SUPPORT.

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Application filed Apri124, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, G'nonon VVEssnLL, a citizen of the United States,and resldmg at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dish-Pan Supports,of which. the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to dish-pan supports, and the object thereof isto provide an improved device of this class for use in water sinks, tubsor similar receptacles, and which is strong and durable in constructionand convenient in use or operation, and which may be folded up andsuspended from a hook or other support when not in use.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawin forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of an ordinarywater sink with my improved dish-pan support therein and indicating adish-pan in dotted lines; a section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 aview of the support re moved from the sink and with part of theconstruction broken away; and, Fig. i aview showing the support foldedup or collapsed.

In the drawing forming part of this specification, I have shown at a anordinary water sink, which, as usual, is approximately rectangular andoblong in form and at the back of which is a back board a but the sink amay be of any desired form or shape and in Fig. 2 I have shown adish-pan Z) mounted on my improved support 0.

The support 0 is composed of two separate strips of sheet metal as shownat c and c which are pivotally connected centrally thereof by a pivot(Z, and the strips 0 and c are provided with downwardly directed legs 0the lower ends of which are provided with braces c" which extendinwardly and radially and are provided with over- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25;, 12916.. Serial No. 23,730.

lapping feet members 0 through which the rivet or pivot pin (Z passes.The rivet or pivot pin (Z is provided at its lower end with a head (Zand its upper end is riveted and countersunk in the top strip 0 Thesupport 0 may be composed, and is preferably composed of steel strips,and the construction shown and described, makes a strong and substantialframe which may be collapsed or partially collapsed, or folded together,as shown in Fig. 4, so that said support may be hung up or suspendedfrom a hook or nail when not in use.

In the construction shown the support 0 is of less vertical dimensionsthan the depth of the sink a and the dish-pan Z2 when placed thereon issecurely supported, and when the support is placed in one end portion ofthe sink the lateral movement of the pan to any considerable extent isprevented as well as its movement longitudinally in one direction by thewalls of the sink, but my invention is not limited to the height of thesupport and any suitable vertical dimensions may be given thereto.

The support when made of steel may be nickel-plated so as to prevent itsrusting, or being otherwise injuriously effected by water, and it willbe understood that the said support may be placed in any desiredposition, or in any part of the sink.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:-

A dish-pan support composed of two metal strips which are pivotedtogether centrally and the ends of which have downwardly directed legsprovided at their lower ends with upwardly and inwardly directed bracemembers having overlapping parts through which the pivot pin whichconnects said strips passes.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 29nd day of April,1915.

GEORGE WESSELL.

Witnesses G. ldULREANY,

H. E. TrioMPson.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I). Q.

